Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today (04 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 8AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 04). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (04 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
| Evening (04 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Fri morning, calm by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 97 | 85 | 83 | 80 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 91 | 136 | 405 | 210 | 312 | 190 | 130 | 160 | 293 | 498 | 504 | 300 | 224 | 219 | 149 | 144 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | off | on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 9:17AM1.80m | 9:43PM1.69m | 10:21AM1.84m | 10:46PM1.72m | 11:23AM1.89m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:01AM0.29m | 3:39PM0.33m | 4:00AM0.26m | 4:39PM0.31m | 4:59AM0.22m | 5:39PM0.27m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | |  | | | |  |  | | | | | | | | | |  |  | |
 | — | 6:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
Temp °C | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
Feels °C | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | NNE 6 | NE 8 | NNE 8 | SW 6 | SW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 6 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 |
| kJ | 78 | 58 | 40 | 127 | 154 | 80 | 23 | 91 | 136 | 405 | 144 | 312 | 190 | 130 | 90 | 293 | 498 | 56 | 51 | 42 | 31 | 92 | 92 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | S 9 | SSW 15 | NNW 5 | NNE 7 | SSW 15 | NNW 5 | N 6 | SSW 12 | SSE 9 | SSW 14 | S 14 | SSW 17 | SSW 10 | SE 9 | SSW 17 | SSW 12 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 |
| kJ | 97 | 85 | 83 | 25 | 76 | 23 | 32 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 210 | 8 | 108 | 106 | 160 | 61 | 3 | 504 | 119 | 107 | 94 | 90 | 92 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 10 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SSW 16 | S 9 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | NNE 6 | SSW 14 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 80 | 14 | 73 | 72 | 8 | 70 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 300 | 224 | 219 | 149 | 144 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | NNE 6 | N 7 | WNW 5 | NW 5 | W 5 | NW 5 | NW 6 | — | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | — | — | SE 3 | SE 3 | SSE 4 | SE 4 |
| kJ | 68 | 232 | 355 | 54 | 68 | 36 | 22 | 31 | — | 15 | 36 | 52 | 64 | 102 | 57 | 41 | 48 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 3 | 30 | 171 | 145 | 171 | 171 | 171 | 172 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 145 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest